ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT NEWS
Assistant Professor Aiello-Lammens Awarded DEC Grant
Assistant Professor and MS in Environmental Science director Matthew Aiello-Lammens, PhD, and former DCISE Senior Fellow John Cronin received a grant from the Department of Environmental Conservation to help understand the role of culverts in facilitating amphibian and reptile habitat connectivity in our region.
Read on Mongabay: ‘Not all doom and gloom’: Q&A with conservation job market researchers
Article by Jeremy Hance. Reposted from Mongabay.
“Build it and They Will Build It”
I am often amazed at the adaptability of wildlife and their talent for embracing what humans provide. Some human assistance is intentional to reestablish lost habitat or replenish diminishing sources of food. But birds and other forms of wildlife take advantage in ways we never intended.
Professor’s Paper Published in New Phytologist
Assistant Professor Matthew Aiello-Lammens, PhD, co-authored a a paper in New Phytologist about divergent traits and environment relationships among parallel radiations in Pelargonium.
ESS Launches Environmental Conservation Certificate
The Environmental Conservation Certificate program, which was officially launched in the Spring of 2018, has seen completion by four students. 74% of the current Pleasantville Environmental Studies and Science students are participating in the program (excludes incoming first year students).
Accidental Urban Oases
Assistant Professor Monica Palta, PhD, and her colleagues’ accidental wetlands research was featured in a PNAS news article, which provides a thorough and interesting overview of the ecosystem services and disservices facilitated by urban vacant land.
Fulbright Winner Will Travel to Zambia
Kelsey Parker ‘18, Environmental Science, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. The award will fund her research in Zambia on the effects of the country’s copper mining on soil health and overall sustainability.
Professor’s Paper Published in the Conversation
Assistant Professor Anne Toomey, PhD, recently published an article in The Conversation about her study, in collaboration with several Bolivian colleagues, of ecological fieldwork projects in Bolivia and how research can help real people right away.
A Day in the Life: Prospect Park Edition
Katherine Murphy (BA in Environmental Studies ’19) is an intern in the Forest Ecology Department of the Prospect Park Alliance (PPA) where she works on ecological restoration projects and more general “park-work” like carrying out duck rescues and preventing dumpster fires.
Exploring Gardens for the Smithsonian
Elizabeth Eggimann ‘18, Environmental Studies and Science, contributed to Community of Gardens, a digital archive kept by the Smithsonian Institution.
Prof. Palta Co-Authors Published Manuscript
Assistant Professor Monica Palta, PhD, co-authored a manuscript that was recently accepted for publication. The paper argues that global change is strongly affecting carbon cycling in lakes at northern latitudes, with discernible consequences for lake food webs, fish populations, and humans.
Student Spotlight: Norman Sanchez
Norman Sanchez (MS in Environmental Science ’19) discusses his research project: Culvert Management Planning for Amphibian Connectivity.
Lower Hudson Urban Waters Summit Focuses on Water Monitoring Efforts
Environmental leaders gather at Pace University to discuss regional water issues and plan for action
Student Spotlight: Nadya Hall’s Externship with the Wolf Conservation Center
As a policy intern, Nadya Hall (Master of Arts in Environmental Policy ‘18) worked with the WCC to develop and implement a series of workshops, exploring how scientists, lawmakers, and citizen activists shape the future of wildlife policy.
New on EarthDesk: Climate or Cows: What’s the Answer?
Research demonstrates that the industrial livestock system, which produces 95% of the world’s meat, is a major source of the hydrocarbon methane — a potent climate-killing greenhouse gas that cows emit with alarming regularity. Who has the solution, farmers who say soil can sequester carbon, or vegans who say the only good meat is no meat? Science is weighing-in.
On curiosity, confusion, and fermented landscapes
Dr. Myles explores the concept of fermented landscapes, a framework for exploring the literal and figurative elements of landscape transformation vis-à-vis fermentation.
Student Spotlight: Kat Cognata Partners with Harlem Community Garden
This Pace internship story is about a partnership between Pace Environmental Studies and Science and the Electric Ladybug Garden in Harlem. The board wanted to expand the garden in ways that made it accessible to more members of the local community. They asked us to answer the question: how do you grow garden access?
Welcome to the ESS Blog
Welcome to the blog of the Department of Environmental Studies and Science at Pace University.
ESS Professor on 19th Century Milk Scandal
Environmental Studies and Science Professor E. Melanie DuPuis, PhD, was quoted in the online magazine Atlas Obscura on the swill milk scandal which led to the poisoning deaths of thousands of infants in nineteenth-century New York.
Assistant Prof. Aiello-Lammens Awarded $593k NSF Grant
Assistant Professor Matthew Aiello-Lammens, PhD, along with colleagues from City University of New York and Yale, have been awarded a $593,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop software tools for studying species distributions.